Garment hanger



May 5, 1931. H. SHAPIRQ 1,803,512

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PATENT oFfFlc-E 'Y GABMENT HANGER Application led October 10, 1927. Serial No. 225,088.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and particularly tofgarment vhangers having vmeans thereon for preventing the dislodgementof the garment.

in; The garment hanger'herein shown and de- 42103 the ordinary hanger which has no means for securing them thereon.

` AThe object ofithisinvention is to produce i a garment hanger whichwill retain the garment in position thereon.

hanger havin the `garment thereon.v

Another object vis to provide simple and `eiiicient means for securing a garment on a hangenf f Another object isto provide a garment hanger such as above described` which will have few and simple parts, and which may be readily and economically manufactured.

The invention' consists of a garmentsupport having arranged in connection therewith a plurality of clamping members and a member turnable to various positions for rendering the clamping members effective or ineffective for clampingv purposes as the case may be, the connection of such said mem- Aber with the clamping members being such as to operate the clamping I'n'embers simultaneously for both directional movements of said member;` 4

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention and thev views therein areas follows 2.-

' Figure 1 is a front viewof a garment hanger showing the parts in clamped or closed position, Figure 2 is a tcpA plan view 'of same,

g operable means vfor clamping Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 and shows the clamping parts in open position, Figure 4 is a. vertical sectional view on the line4-4 of Figure 1, and looking inthe direction'of thearrows; Y

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, and looking in the direction ofthe arrows,

Another object is to vprovide a 'garment `VFigure 6 shows a lhanger having a modified clamping mechanism, v

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view on the line 7-7 of Figure 6, and looking in the di.

rection of the arrows, and

Figure 8 is a like view on the line 8 8 of Figure 6, andlooking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings and particulan-.

[ y to the devicef shown in Figures 1 to5 inclu? slve, the hanger comprises a supporting member 11, a hook 12 for hanging the same, a.

bracket 13, a gripping member 14 and a lockingmechanism 15.

The ,garment supporting member 11 is of the usual curved type and the bracket 13 is adapted to straddle the same at its center and be connected thereto by some fastening means,

standing guides 17 and 18 on opposite sides of the straight portion 19 of the hook 12. These guides are struck up from the middle of the bracket which is composedof sheet metal bent to form, and on the outer sides of these upstanding guides the metal forming the upper part of the bracket is sawed out and bent under to provide inturned lips 21 which together With the top of the bracket form means of the supporting member at its ends when such as pins or rivets 16. 'The bracket has up-. 4

its center is held close to the supporting member. These ends are Vprovided with pads 22 which are suitably secured to said gripping member by eyelets 23 or other 4means and. said pads are composed of soft material such as felt which press upon the garment and will not injure the same.

Thelocking mechanism, which is formed of heavyfwire, whenconsideredin its closed position comprises a pair of vertical legs 25 extending'down the` sideof the supporting "member and which "terminate at their lower said supporting member and outwardly. `The outwardly extending portions have short straight portions 26 which extend through the guides 17 and 18 and downwardly extending arms 27, the ends of which are slidably mounted in clamps 28 mounted on the gripping member 14.

The bottom end of the straight portion 19 of the hook 12, which extends through the supporting member 11, is provided with a rivet head 29 thereon for preventing its removal and this rivet head forms a button over which the looped end of the inturned loop 24 is snapped when the locking mechanism is closed. Y

The guides 17 and 18 have horizontal slots 31 in each of the same and the forward end thereof, i. e. the side on which the verticallegs of the locking device operate is provided with a recess 32 which permits the straight portions 26 to be drawn downward 4therein as the looped portion 24 passes over the rivet head or button 29. y

Figure 3 shows the locking device in its `open position; the looped end 24 having been released from the rivet head or button 29 and pushed upward so that the said loop straddles the straight portion 19 of the hook 12. The arms 27 which have been rotated v180O to open the gripping member 14 have raised the ends thereof by means of the clamps 28 so that the pads on the ends of said gripping member have been raised a considerable distance above the supporting member 11 which allows for the removal from, or insertion of, agarment on the supporting member 11.

When the locking device is operated, the lower face of the slots 31 in the upstanding guides 18 act as fulcrums for the arms 27 for raising and lowering the pads The upstanding guide 17 is provided with a slot 33 which permits the locking device to be attached to the garment hanger after the gripping member 14 is in place.

Figures 6, 7 and 8 illustrate agarment hanger in which the garment is held in place by the eyelets 34 on the downwardly cxtending ends 35 of the locking member. The locking member in this modiiication with this exception is exactly the same as the'lo'cking device already described. The supporting member 36 is formed from thin sheet metal pressed to substantially channel-shape and the bracket 37 including the upstanding guides 38 and 39 which are exactly 'the same as the bracket 13 already described are stamped out of the metal forming-the supporting member. At the center of the'bottom of the supporting member is a bent and curved portion 41 which takes the place of the rivet head on the bottom of the 'straight portion of the hook andv over which the curved 24 ot' the locking device is adapted to snap to lock the eyelets 34 in close engagement with the supporting member.

In place of the gripping member 14, this modification is provided with a short spring member 42 which has a tendency to draw the upwardly extending arms 43 of the locking device upward when in closed position so as to hold the inturned loop 24 in locked positien on the part 41. y

By placing slots 44 in the guideways in the upstanding guides 38 and 39, the straight portions 26 of the locking member may be dropped into the slots 31 and the clamps 28 may be passed over the ends of the eyelets 34 and brought around to position on the outwardly extending arms 43 of the locking device .and secured to the spring 42.

In both instances the straight portion 26 and the downwardly extending portions 27 and 43 of the locking device are off-center so as to maintain the inturned loop in either an open or closed position.

Various changes and adaptations may .be made in the embodiments of the invention as above described within the scope of the invention as hereinbefore set forth and hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. A garment hanger comprising a supporting member, a bracket in the center of the same, a gripping member supported by said bracket and having free ends adapted to grip and hold a garment on said supporting member, and means on said bracket for vraising the free ends of said gripping member and for `lowering said free ends to grip a garment on said supporting member.

2. A garment hanger comprising a supporting member, a bracket in the center of the same, aV gripping member supported by said bracket and having free ends adapted to grip and hold a garment on said supporting member, means on said bracket Jfor raising the free ends ofsaid gripping member and for lowering said free ends to grip a garment on said supporting member.I and means for locking said last named means in closed position.

3. A garment hanger comprisi ng a supporting member, a bracket centrally located thereon, 'a gripping member supported by said bracket and having tree 'ends .normally adapted to secure a garment on said supporting member, and means mounted on said bracket 'and engaging said gripping member for raising the ends thereot` and for locking the ends to secure a garment on said supporting member.

4. A garment hanger comprisingl a supporting member, a gripping member supported at the center of said supporting member and having free ends, and means pivoted to the supporting member for simultaneously operating both ends of said `gripping member for gripping a garment between ysaid supporting member and both ends 'of said gripping member;

5. A garment hanger comprising a supporting member, a bracket secured to the center thereof and having upstanding guides, a spring gripping member having free ends and centrally supported on said bracket, a locking member having arms extending out from each side of said bracket and secured t0 said gripping member, and an operating portion on said locking mechanism for raising the free ends of said gripping member and for lowering the same and exerting pressure on a garment supported on said supporting member.

6. A garment hanger comprising a supporting member, a single resilient gripping member centrally supported and having free ends, and mean-s for simultaneously moving and locking the free ends into or out of engagement with said supporting member.

7 A garment hanger comprising a rigid 2o supporting member, a resilient gripping member associated at its middle with the middle of the rigid member and a latch pivoted at the joint middle of the members and having arms extending upon opposite sides of the middle and connected with the resilient member intermediate the middle and ends.

8. A garment hanger comprising a rigid supporting member, a resilient grippin member associated at its middle with the middle of the rigid member and a laterally swinging latch at the joint middle of the members and havin-g arms extending upon opposite sides of the middle and connected with the resilient member intermediate the middle and ends.

9. A garment hanger comprising a rigid supporting member, a resilient gripping member associated at its middle with the middle of the rigid member and a laterally swinging latch at the joint middle of the members and having arms extending upon opposite sides of the middle and bearing upon the resdilient member intermediate the middle and en s. v

10. A garment hanger comprising a rigid supporting member, a resilient gripping member associated at its middleV with the middle of the rigid member and a laterallyv swinging latch at the joint middle of the members and having bent armsextending upon opposite sides of the middle and bearing upon the resilient member intermediate the middle and ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

` HENRY SHAPIRO. 

